[u][b]Shiro - Armory[/b][/u]

Shiro was shaken from his thoughts as another student pulled a chair opposite of the Lion Faunus and sat down. At a quick glance, Shiro realized that it was the boy who had won his fight without his primary weapon. The sharply dressed boy in a military-esque uniform. Blinking, Shiro stared at Marcus in brief awe and admiration. Shiro shook his head slightly as the boy greeted himself and complimented him on his weapons, asking if they combined.

Smiling and nodding his head, Shiro greeted him in return.
[b]"Ah, g'day to you too. Yes, they do combine into a larger weapon. I'll-..."[/b]
Shiro stopped and looked up at the ceiling, a thought interrupting his line of speech.
[i]"Larger weapon. Wait, isn't this guy's weapon a machine of some sort? I heard he had a tank."[/i]
Just then, as if he hadn't noticed the giant behemoth in the classroom, Shiro almost jumped out of his seat.
[i]"THAT THING?!"[/i]
Slowly, Shiro settled back down into his seat and looked upon Marcus with a mixture of reverence and intimidation.
[i]"He made that and pilots it?"[/i]
A bead of nervous sweat slowly rolled down the side of Shiro's face.
Motioning towards it with a hand, he asked [b]"I-is that yours?"[/b] He nervously chuckled.
[i]"I'll have to make certain not to get on this guy's bad side...That thing is terrifying."[/i]

Looking back at the tank, another thought derailed his mental workings.
[i]"Wasn't this dude's opponent a Lion Faunus...?[/i]
Slowly, Shiro turned to look at Geni and realized that he sat between two students that had sparred with one another. Nervously, Shiro willed himself to focus on his desk once again. He hoped nothing awkward would happen between the two of them, he wouldn't want to be caught in the middle.  At that moment, Geni asked if he could possibly handle Kladenets and Perun. Shiro was about to refuse, he didn't appreciate anyone handling his only memento of his parents, but the Lion Faunus suddenly got up and walked away. Shiro sighed, crisis averted. He got particularly sensitive whenever anyone asked to touch or handle his treasured inheritance. Sure, he'd gladly show it off all day, but ask to feel how heavy they were and suddenly Shiro would become guarded and put his weapons away. 

Then, to add to the noise bustling around inside his noggin, [i]she[/i] came into the classroom. At least one of them, anyways. More specifically, one of the Fox Faunus ladies he noticed during the first period when they held their sparring matches. Watching as she danced through the classroom, Shiro was mesmerized. He couldn't help but eye her alluring tail, wishing no more than to bury his face in it and nuzzle it. He wonder how well Fox and Tiger Faunus would mix...

[i]"NO! NONONONONO!"[/i] Shiro face immediately burned a bright red, starkly contrasting his pale skin and white fur. Double face-palming himself, he shook his head vigorously and proceeded to smash his face onto his desk. Ripping his hood over his head, he tried to tightly curl himself into a ball in his chair. His blood boiled as it rush rapidly through his veins, his heart pounded within its bone cage. [i]"Why is SHE in this class, too!?"[/i] Mewling pathetically underneath his buried head, he lamented over his predicament. Stuck between two students who fought each other, one of whom he didn't particularly like. His surly team leader in the same class with him, along with a bird Faunus he harbored ill intent towards, and one of his crushes. He dearly wished he could sit next to Gren and hide next to his hulking frame. Maybe he could change his seat some other day? He was looking to enjoy his time in this class but he doubted whether his poor heart could take being in such a stressful place for however long.

As he remained with his head hidden, he barely paid any attention to the teacher as he made some speech. Hearing other voices, he presumed that they were all introducing themselves with a brief bit about who they were. As he pulled back the hood of his cowl slightly so that one white ear poked out and a single golden-eye peered from the shadows, he saw the mood of the room had changed somewhat. Geni looked particularly tense. From under his hood he mumbled to Marcus beside him, [b]"Whu'appened? What'd I miss?"[/b]

He thought about maybe introducing himself, but the people...They would see and hear him. Normally, Shiro wasn't like this. He would regularly be explosive and energetic, but the wrong mixture of people in the room quickly drained him of his enthusiasm and energy. Hiding back underneath his hood, his conflicting emotions battled each other. His body started to violently tremble and shake from the anxiety and nervous energy building up within him.

[i]"Stop being a baby, stand up and introduce yourself!"
"But, the fox girl..."
"So what? Women like confident and outgoing boys, right?"
"I know but, I don't wanna..."
"Come on, this isn't how you usually are!"
"I know but, I'm shy. I don't want to embarrass myself in front of these new strangers."
"Bull-honky, you're not shy! Who cares if you embarrass yourself, that's part of your goofy charm! Remember the cafeteria table landing? You didn't seem to care then!"
"Sapphire will get mad at me again..."
"Why do you care?"
"I'unno..."
"Just get up, you're making a scene and attracting unwanted notice!"[/i]

His shaking got severe enough to the point that his entire desk started to clatter loudly. Shiro looked like a volcano fit to burst, trembling as hard as a major earthquake. He started to hyperventilate, there wasn't much oxygen underneath his hood to sustain him for long. Which, was probably attributing to his delirium.

[i]"Get. UP."
"Noooo..."
"STAND."
"Uh-uh!"
"MOVE."
"Nuuu..."[/i]

Gritting his teeth, he couldn't take it anymore and finally decided to pick a 'side' to go with. Throwing back his hood, his arm shot up into the air as he stood and raised it. At a rapid fire pace, he frantically spouted out his introduction and practically shouted it out at the entire class.

[b]"MY NAME IS KUHAKU SHIRO BUT YOU CAN ALL CALL ME SHIRO I AM 17 YEARS YOUNG AND I AM I'M A WHITE TIGER FAUNUS AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS CLASS MY WEAPONS ARE KLADENETS MY SWORD AND PERUN MY SHIELD AND I INHERITED THEM FROM MY LATE PARENTS THEY WERE THE ONES WHO ORIGINALLY MACHINED AND FORGED THEM BUT OVER TIME I MADE MY OWN MODIFICATIONS TO THEM AND I AM WELL VERSED IN FIREARMS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY THOUGH KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT FORGING BLADES I DO KNOW SOME ABOUT MACHINING I HOPE TO GET TO KNOW YOU ALL AND BECOME GOOD FRIENDS WITH ALL OF YOU THANK. YOU. FOR. LISTENING. TO. MY. INTRODUCTION!"[/b]

His arm then returned to his side as he proceeded to pop to attention and bended at the waist in a straight angle. Eyes shut tight, he bowed to the class. Not daring to open his eyes, he was sweating slightly and his chest heaved as he took in large gulps of air, panting. His face burned a bright red.

[i]"Oh, boy. You probably did it now...Sapphire's gonna be maaaad."[/i]
The back of his head ached for some reason.
He got the feeling Sapphire was the violent type to hit others. Namely, him.